ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE: Devotion for Thursday June 16, 2016
Text: Leviticus 1:10 – 17 Memory verse: v 10
Those
who could not offer a bullock, were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who
were not able to do that, were accepted of God, if they brought a turtle-dove,
or a pigeon. Those creatures were chosen for sacrifices which were mild, and
gentle, and harmless; to show the innocence and meekness that were in Christ
and that should be in Christians. God, in His law and in His gospel, as well as
in His providence, considers the poor. The underlining principle is that the
animal brought for sacrifice must not be blemish.
These
are some characteristics of an acceptable sacrifice
1.
The animal to be offered must be without blemish. 2. The owner must offer it of
his own free will. What is done in religion, so as to please God, must be done
out of love. Christ willingly offered Himself for us. 3. It must be offered at
the door of the tabernacle, where the brazen altar of burnt-offerings stood,
which sanctified the gift: he must offer it at the door, as one unworthy to
enter, and acknowledging that a sinner can have no communion with God, but by
sacrifice. It was on this premise Apostle Paul gave the injunction in Rom. 12:1 that we
should “Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which
is your reasonable service.” The sacrifice we can make today is not that of
animals but of service which are acceptable to God. It must be motivated by
love and not by desire for reward or recompense.
Food for Thought: What does living sacrifice implies?
Prayer: Lord God, may my sacrifices be acceptable to you in Jesus name.
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